Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 91 17 Oct 2026, 03:30

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 23:47.100 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.126
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.059
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.355
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.561
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.890
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.535
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.285
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.152
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.306
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.611
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.241
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.764
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.284
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.001
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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29.375
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.036
And the system is very low on memory 3.858
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.284
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.263
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.078
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.342
And I free up some memory 0.530
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.937
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.324
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.015
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.391
And all tps features are active 8.816
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.769
When I disable the first tps feature 2.455
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.672
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.290
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.307
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.203
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.994
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.039
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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12.655
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.617
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.519
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.357
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.460
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.849
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 13.408
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.492
When I write some files expected to persist 0.912
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.218
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 11.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.894
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.391
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 8.615
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.121
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.338
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.879
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.851
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.367
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.117
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
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39.615
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.547
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.627
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.700
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.440
When I enable persistence 20.738
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.868
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.075
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.399
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.303
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.509
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.894
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
When I cold reboot the computer 5.894
And the computer reboots Tails 33.440
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.308
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.260
Given I enable persistence 12.357
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.172
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.669
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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2:23.133
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.541
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 26.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.233
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.896
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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37.023
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.298
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.081
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.523
And all notifications have disappeared 8.156
When I delete the persistent partition 2.634
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.190
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.493
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.349
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.062
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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55.557
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.457
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.938
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.545
And all notifications have disappeared 7.601
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.209
And all tps features are enabled 8.007
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.688
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:11.616
And I enable persistence 29.552
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.511
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.594
And persistence is enabled 9.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.553
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.590
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.338
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.080
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.774
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.719
When I enable persistence 15.374
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.171
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.344
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.947
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.871
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.435
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.216
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.111
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.509
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.068
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.455
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.032
When I log in to a new session 9.498
And all notifications have disappeared 6.595
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.144
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.088
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.186
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.188
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.466
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.229
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.598
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.298
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.242
When I log in to a new session 7.697
And all notifications have disappeared 9.227
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.131
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000